As children come of age, parents need to have a good grasp of what their kids are like and what type of discipline they should apply. This, in turn, applies directly to the kind of freedom that the child is given. Results vary depending on the family situation, so it is important to have a decent understanding of child psychology.

When is the right time to draw the line and say enough is enough, or how much is too much to begin with? Well, it begins once the child starts interacting with his or her environment. Depending on the combination of occurrences that the child experiences, ideas and and standards develop accordingly.

It is important for parents to know that a developing child undergoes a phenomenal series of phases. A child's vulnerability throughout these stages should be taken into deep consideration. As you can imagine, aggressiveness is detrimental (not to mention abuse). Giving complete leeway isn't a healthy path either, as having little to no guidance will cause undesired development. Taking the middle ground stance by being Authoritative is the most reliable method.

I have a huge family with children of all ages. Having migrated to the United States from the country of Georgia 15 years ago, parents are, naturally, strict and conservative. Certain measures that most parents take to discipline their children are highly frowned upon here in America. Of course, the parents who had kids here are more lenient, but their Georgian roots prevail by seeing how the children have been raised.

So, I ask again; how much freedom do you think parents should grant their children? These days, it's easy to get carried away letting young kids do things as they wish without proper management. What's a bit more complicated is the fact that some parents from other countries are so strict that their children grow up to be like robots. Of course, situations vary with single-parent and poverty situations. Where do you stand?

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Hey, very good point. I think when you decide to migrate, you also need to make a choice of assimilating. There are parts of American culture I love and praise, and there are parts, I don't. Having parents who trusted me to make my own sensible decisions allowed me to grow in ways many where not allowed.

I think migration is another way of evolution, if we don't evolve then we die. The trick as you say is finding the balance.

I think that there should be restrictions and a certain way that parents govern their children. parents have the capability to make rules and regulations according to what they feel is right. Just like in the U.S., the government follows it's own laws and creats fair laws that are passed by the people. In the situation of the parent, they have the power to do what ever they want to do to the child accept physical abuse, without the child's concent

a better understanding is if kids want freedom they should be deserved it if they can handle it a child's freedom and needs and wants are very important in development every child is different and it is different ways of growing up personality and attitude are things to be noticed. Children should not be limited to what their parents have to think all the time they have to make your own decisions the way they are raisins the way your parents have trained them afterwards soon after your teenage years are going by day will start to change in need to start making up their own things and after that they make your own decisions and depending on what you talkin about it develop over time does ave are gonna be in the future you just get for someone to be something because you want them to do you have to make your own thoughts and ideas building up on character really helps with these types of matters.

I guess,tier should be mutual understanding between the child and the parent.Also you need trust.It mostly depends on the child's behavior with her parents.Parents should make a boundary on the freedom of he child, but let the child move around in that boundary.Also try not to suffocate that child.Parents should have authority,but they shouldn't close up tier child.
By the way, I'm 16.